About this project
- The Play It was a dreary night outside the Villa Diadoti on Lake Geneva in 1816, The Year Without a Summer. Inside, Mary Wollestonecraft Godwin longs for home, domestic stability, and peace of mind. As the storm rages on, Mary is haunted by her history and tormented by those around her. Amidst the chaos on both sides of the villa’s doors Lord Byron issues his infamous challenge to write a ghost story that is both frightening and original. Navigating through phantasms and family, sex and science, Mary births her own hideous progeny and secures her name in ink and immortality.
- The Project Hideous Progeny closes Holland Production's 5th season. Based on the journals, letters and works of Byron, Percy Shelley and Mary Shelley, Hideous Progeny uncovers the events that would eventually lead Mary to write Frankenstein, one of the most famous novels in the Western canon. The show has come a long way since it's first staged reading at The Burren in Somerville in 2008 - and so has the company. With Hideous Progeny, we're producing our first fully staged period play. The action takes place in 1816 Geneva, so we need to dramatically transform the Boston Playwrights' Theatre into the Swiss countryside. This means building Regency costumes from scratch, constructing a set that evokes a Swiss country house (billiard table included), and employing lighting and sound effects to convince us there is a storm raging outside.
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Funding We are hoping to raise at least $1000 to go toward our design elements. Your donations would help cover the design and building of two Regency dresses, the aforementioned billiard table, new gels for our lights, and more. If we are able to raise more than $1000, those donations will also go first toward design and then to the production in general.
FAQ
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When we meet our goal, we will contact our backers with information on reward choice, as well as go over any needed restrictions (time frames for phone calls, for instance).
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We will be performing at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre (949 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215) -
July 9-23, 2011
Thursday-Saturday, 8:00 pm
Sundays, 3:00 pm -
Elise: Lydia Barnett-Mulligan
Claire Clairmont: Maggie Erwin
Percy Shelley: Nate Gundy
Lord Byron: Victor Shopov
Dr. Polidori: Alex Simoes
Mary Shelley: Julia Specht -
No, but it's a great book! Give it a try!
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Krista D'Agostino: Director
Lydia Anderson: Dramaturge
Deirdre Benson: Stage Manager
Sean A. Cote: Set Design
Amanda Sheehan: Properties Design
Jackie Dalley: Costume Design
Michael Underhill: Light Design
Danny Bryck: Dialect Coach
Christine Atturio: Graphic Design
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 15, 2011.
Pledge $5 or more Pledge $5 or more
Your name will be included in our program as a Design Backer.
Pledge $10 or more Pledge $10 or more
You'll receive a set of Hideous Progeny buttons - one for each character. Each includes an image of the historical figure (Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, Claire Claremont, John Polidori, and Elise the nurse). Your name will be also included in our program as a Design Backer.
Pledge $25 or more Pledge $25 or more
You'll receive your choice of either: A VIP ticket to the performance of your choice. VIP tickets include: preferred seating, a fan, glass of sparkling wine or cider, and sweet treat at your seat or A promotional poster signed by the entire cast and production team. With either reward, your name will be also included in our program as a Design Backer.
Pledge $50 or more Pledge $50 or more
You'll receive your choice of: 2 VIP tickets or 1 VIP ticket and 1 postcard Or A postcard from "Geneva" written by the character of your choice and sent to the recipient of your choice. Topics will include the weather, romances, scandals, and just how much wine Lord Byron has drunk. With any reward, your name will be also included in our program as a Design Backer.
Pledge $75 or more Pledge $75 or more
You'll receive your choice of: 3 $25 level rewards, 1 $25 level reward and 1 $50 level reward, or 1 Poetry Call - One of our cast members will phone the recipient of your choice, in character, and read a classic Romantic poem ("She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron or "Love's Philosophy" by Percy Shelley) With any reward, your name will be also included in our program as a Design Backer.
Pledge $100 or more Pledge $100 or more
You'll receive your choice of: 4 $25 level rewards, 2 $50 level rewards, 1 $25 level reward and 1 $75 level reward, or a Hideous Progeny production book. This book will include photos of the show, design sketches, excerpts from the script, a signed poster, and more. With any reward, your name will be also included in our program as a Design Backer.
Pledge $250 or more Pledge $250 or more
You'll receive 4 VIP tickets and a Lord Byron experience. Victor Shopov, the IRNE award winning actor portraying Lord Byron, will meet you in character as Byron for dinner (up to 2 people) or drinks (up to 4 people).
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Holland Productions believes in honest theatre; theatre that engages the heart, cultivates creativity, and dissolves boundaries. We believe that theatre is truly a collaborative process and we strive to create work where all those involved, from actor to audience, can bring individual experiences to explore. It is our goal to provide a forum for the ideas of contemporary playwrights and a channel for the female voice. Through smart, sensitive, and stimulating theatre Holland Productions is committed to challenging the complexity of reality.
